West Africa’s regional bloc, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) deployed troops to Guinea-Bissau on Monday to help stabilize the country after a failed coup earlier this year. The 15-nation bloc announced in February that it would deploy the force, a few days after President Umaru Sissoco Embalo[Read More…]
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Senegal Opposition Vows To Hold Banned Demonstration
Senegalese authorities on Wednesday banned a planned demonstration against the government in Dakar on Friday, but the opposition announced it would override it amid growing pre-election tensions. “We maintain our demonstration. There is no legal basis for the prefect’s decision,” Khalifa Sall told reporters. An order of the prefect of[Read More…]
Senegalese President Keen On Retaking Dakar In Polls
During a meeting held on Saturday in Dakar, the president of the Coalition dubbed ‘Benno Bokk Yakaar’ (BBY, united for the same hope) revamped his troops to conquer the “difficult” electorate of the country’s capital for the July 31, 2022 legislative elections. Macky Sall does not admit defeat despite the[Read More…]
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